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The entire craft beer scene in Savannah is not confined to the festival on Hutchinson Island. Several of the city's bars and restaurants have Craft Beer Week specials events. Break open your organizer and start filling in dates:

Blue Turtle Bistro & Bar, one of midtown Savannah's newest dining destinations, is offering yet another niche to its attraction catalog: live music three nights a week. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, patrons of Blue Turtle's modern dining area or its brand-new extended bar are enjoying performances by known, local musical talents Velvet Caravan, Ricardo Ochoa & Sasha Strunjas, and Jackson & Maggie Evans. With the recent Grand Opening of Blue Turtle's bar, neighborhood patrons now have a central location to unwind with custom cocktails, delectable dishes and the universal language of live music.

One of downtown Savannah's main dining destinations is stepping up its game even further. B. Matthew's Eatery, located along picturesque Bay Street, will be closing its doors for a brief hiatus beginning on September 4thto undergo much-anticipated renovations. Owners of B. Matthew's, and its parent company Gaslight Group, Jennifer and Brian Huskey are taking a closer look at implementing modern updates and are promising patrons a fresh start with a grand re- opening in October 2012.

Charleston, S.C. – The inaugural Saint Simons Food & Spirits Festival, to benefit Hospice of the Golden Isles, will be held Sept. 21-23 on Saint Simons Island. This festival is the first of its kind in the area and will be headlined by James Beard, award-winning television personality, cookbook author and grand dame of Southern cooking, Nathalie Dupree and her co-author Cynthia Graubart.

That blessed food that we call pork barbecue is in reality a mystical combination of just the right amount of hardwood smoke, low and slow heat, and time. It is food that stirs the critic in us all, summons our inner 'cue snob and relegates disbelievers to the canned vegetable aisle.

I knew that Café Gelatohh at the eastern gateway to City Market was the city's best destination for handcrafted, small batch gelato. What I didn't know was that I could score an amazing sandwich to accompany my creamy, frozen treat.

If you've been wondering what's going on at construction sites and vacant lots around town, you're not alone - especially when it comes to wondering whether you'll find a new place to whet your appetite.

Tubby's Tank House in Thunderbolt is darned near an institution. Its popular sunset happy hour on Thursday sometimes swells to monumental proportions - and its venue for local bands has provided many upstarts with a viable stage.